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CLAIR-OBSCUR

Definition: CLAIR-OBSCUR

CLAIR-OBSCUR

Noun

1. See Chiaroscuro.

Source: Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)
 

Etymology: Clair-obscur \Clair"-ob*scur"\, noun. [French expression See Clare-obscure.]. (Websters 1913)


Crosswords: CLAIR-OBSCUR

English words defined with "CLAIR-OBSCUR": Chiaro-oscuro. (references)
Etymologies containing "CLAIR-OBSCUR": Clare-obscure. (references)
Non-English Usage: "CLAIR-OBSCUR" is also a word in the following language with the English translation in parentheses.

French (chiaroscuro).

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Modern Usage: CLAIR-OBSCUR

DomainUsage

Movie/TV Titles

Clair-obscur (1988)

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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Commercial Usage: CLAIR-OBSCUR

DomainTitle

Books

  • Chiaroscuro: the clair-obscur woodcuts by the German and Netherlandish masters of XVIth and XVIIth centuries; a complete catalogue with commentary (reference)

  • Chiaroscuro; the clair-obscur woodcuts by the German and Netherlandish masters of the XVIth and XVIIth centuries (reference)

    (more book examples)

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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Anagrams: CLAIR-OBSCUR

Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams

Words within the letters "a-b-c-c-i-l-o-r-r-s-u"

-2 letters: carbolics, circulars, corbicula, cursorial, orbicular.

-3 letters: ascorbic, bucolics, calorics, carbolic, caribous, circular, cribrous, rubrical.

-4 letters: aboulic, arbours, bailors, barrios, boccias, boracic, bucolic, burials, calicos, caloric, caribou, carious, carolus, cirrous, corrals, corsair, crucial, cubical, curaris, curiosa, labours, oculars, oscular, ouraris, railbus, ricracs, rubrics, sacculi, scribal, scurril, suboral, uracils.

-5 letters: abulic, airbus, arbors, arbour, bailor, barrio.

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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Alternative Orthography: CLAIR-OBSCUR


Hexadecimal (or equivalents, 770AD-1900s) (references)

43 4C 41 49 52 2D 4F 42 53 43 55 52

Leonardo da Vinci (1452-1519; backwards) (references)

Binary Code (1918-1938, probably earlier) (references)

01000011 01001100 01000001 01001001 01010010 00101101 01001111 01000010 01010011 01000011 01010101 01010010

HTML Code (1990) (references)

&#67 &#76 &#65 &#73 &#82 &#45 &#79 &#66 &#83 &#67 &#85 &#82

ISO 10646 (1991-1993) (references)

0043 004C 0041 0049 0052 002D 004F 0042 0053 0043 0055 0052

Encryption (beginner's substitution cypher): (references)

374635435215493653375552

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INDEX

1. Definition
2. Crosswords
3. Usage: Modern
4. Usage: Commercial
5. Anagrams
6. Orthography
7. Bibliography


  

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